Expressions of Interest now open for Community Sector Representation on the NHS Benchmarking Network Steering Group!

One community sector representative vacancy has opened on our Steering Group, and we’re calling for Expressions of Interest from members of the community sector to fill this position…

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Community Sector project toolkits now published

Benchmarking data for the Community Services, Intermediate Care, and Community Hospitals projects can be found with just a few clicks… If your organisation is a subscribed member, you can access all resources, including the online toolkit, reports, and good practice case studies.

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Community sector data collections closing soon!

Just one week remains to participate in the community sector benchmarking projects: closing 12th August. Rally your teams and coordinate the final push to participate in these three important projects: Community Services, Intermediate Care, and Community Hospitals Bed Survey.

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Community sector work programme – Still time to participate

There are six weeks remaining of data collection for the Community Services and Intermediate Care projects, and Community Hospitals Bed Survey. Plenty of time to register your services, coordinate your teams, and participate in one of the longest-running benchmarking projects for the NHS.

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Helping you meet the Six Goals of Urgent & Emergency Care (Wales)

We are excited to announce we are delivering not one, not two, but three projects for Welsh Health Boards, commissioned to support the Six Goals of Urgent & Emergency Care Programme. Find out more about the three projects involved…

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Benchmarking Urgent & Emergency Care services

As part of the continuous process of adapting and improving our projects for members, we’ve reorganised the content of the projects that relate to urgent and emergency care pathways to reduce duplication across projects, and facilitate consolidated analysis of data.

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What do community teams need now, and in the future, to be effective?

It’s with excitement that we share our most recent podcast: What do community teams need now, and in the future, to be effective? The podcast has been crafted by the NHS Benchmarking Network, and features Lucy Lewis, Consultant Practitioner in Frailty, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Community Services Deep Dive reports published

As part of our summer activity, we have delved into our 2019/20 community services dataset to produce seven service specific deep dive reports. Follow our Twitter campaign over the next seven weeks to hear key metrics, or have a look at the Community Services project page to read the reports in full. #NHSBNCommunity

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2019 Community Services project – Results published

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2019 Community Services benchmarking findings. The Community Services benchmarking project has been a core part of the Network work programme for many years and provides the most comprehensive dataset available in the NHS on Community Services.

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2019 Emergency Care project – Results published

In the latest iteration, 301 submissions were received from 150 emergency care providers across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The data from providers in England is also used to inform the national Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) project and the benchmarking project also supports equivalent Welsh and Northern Irish programmes.

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2019 Community Services and Community Hospitals event review

On Thursday 7th November 2019, we held our Community Services & Community Hospitals benchmarking findings conference, to a crowd of over 100 delegates in Birmingham. We were pleased to have three exhibitors demonstrating their activity, campaigns and products on the day, including Community Hospitals Association, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Molnlycke UK.

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2019 Community Hospitals project – Results published

We are pleased to announce the publication of the 2019 Community Hospitals benchmarking findings. This is the eighth iteration of the project, providing insight into the integral support that Community Hospital services provide to the healthcare system.

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Emergency Department Workforce Benchmarking report released

A joint paper produced by the NHS Benchmarking Network and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) published this week provides detailed analysis of the Emergency Care workforce in England and Wales using intelligence from the NHS Benchmarking Network’s annual Emergency Care Benchmarking project.

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